Tag: "help" at medical news

Constipation can be a cause

...bert Abbott, who led the research, said: "It could help us more effectively identify people with early or suspected disease or people at high risk of developing the disease in the future."The large study, part of the Honolulu Heart Program, looked at 6,456 aged between 51 and 75 who were followed for 24 y...

Back injury cured by engineers

...f they are to protect the spine. Losing weight can help because overweight causes more strain on the spine....

Zinc supplements improve survival rate

...growth when given// to breast-fed infants, and can help make babies bigger and healthier if taken by pregnant women. Zinc deficiencies can impair the body's ability to fight disease, and previous research has also shown that preschoolers given zinc supplements had less diarrhoea and pneumonia. Such illn...

Music aids in curing dementia

... that the therapy is popular with patients and can help them to communicate. scientists at Imperial College London are planning to carry out a study to see if they can prove that this therapy has long term benefits for dementia sufferers. If their results are positive, the scientists are hopeful that th...

Music in link with epilepsy

...ogether from its original authoritative sources to help music organisations of all kinds provide cogent answers."...

Magnetic resonance angiography in clinical medicine

...en atoms present in our bodies to create (with the help of a computer) images of the blood vesels. It is a special type of MRI study and often, the patient having a MRI scan can have MRA study as well at the same time. Whereas MRI looks at the organs and soft tissues of the human body, MRA looks specific...

Support therapy helps breast cancer patients

Group therapy can help breast cancer patients feel better, but it won't help them live longer. Patients who got support therapy in addition to their medical treatment lived an a...

DNA biochip for genetic screening

... chemical process for building a device that could help doctors predict a patient’s response to drugs or screen patients for thousands of genetic mutations and diseases, all with one simple lab test. The DNA chip is similar to a computer chip but imbedded with DNA molecules instead of electronic circuitr...

More Elderly Take Inappropriate and Harmful Medications

...fectiveness of medications in elderly patients can help solve the problem....

Alcoholism Drug Fails To Prevent Drinking Relapses

...hat when combined with counseling naltrexone could help control alcoholism by reducing drinking days and increasing days without liquor. The drug was also shown to suppress cravings and prevent relapses. In fact, the latest study was intended to learn not whether the drug was effective, which was assumed,...

Genetic disorder related with sleep patterns

...ey to different patterns of circadian rhythm could help researchers to discover their role in jet lag, seasonal affective disorder and other mental health problems....

New HIV cases resist drugs

... faster and the lifesaving cocktails of drugs that help many patients lead normal lives were becoming increasingly limited in their usefulness. Unless better drugs are developed soon, or until a vaccine is invented that can control the virus, patients will have ever-lessening chances of using drugs to ...

Miraculous Salads

...nions, garlic and a range of other salad goods may help reduce the risk of osteoporosis - the crippling bo... on rats.// They said that 1g of onion a day can help prevent the process that causes the condition - resorption, where calcium seeps from the bones makin...

Teen smoking declines

...g as more teens are making smart choices that will help them avoid tobacco-related health threats." Glen Hanson, acting director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, added: "We hope that our concerted effort to give adolescents science-based information about the health risks of ecstasy and other dr...

Creatine Helps Strengthen Older Men

...d by body builders, and there's some evidence they help increase muscle mass. Could these supplements help maintain muscle in older people? One new study indicates the answer is yes. //Researchers at the Uni...

Hormone replacement therapy helps women

...udies of HRT and cognition are underway and should help clarify the situation, say the researchers....

Hope For Stiff-Person Syndrome

...cause of the spasms. High doses of antibodies may help relieve the muscle rigidity and spasms associated with stiff-person syndrome. Patients who had infusions of immune globulin - a collection of antibodies derived from donor blood for 3 months were able to walk more easily, fell down less often, and re...

Genes for Vision discovered

... all the genes responsible for vision, which could help in diagnosing and treating blinding diseases.Macular degeneration affects 20 per cent of people over age 75. Discovery of the full set of photoreceptor genes expressed int he retinal cells, which was made in mice, could also lead to new methods for p...

Recovery from lung injury

...tible to lung problems that leave them needing the help of a ventilator.// What's not been clear is whether they do as well with treatment as those who are younger. A new study suggests that age is indeed a factor in the outcome. Researchers in the US have studied 800 people needing treatment by ventilat...

Progestin protects against ovarian cancer

...er of a 20-year-old study showed that the pill can help prevent ovarian cancer. The study is based on examination of the medical and oral contraceptive histories of more than 3,200 women who took part in a study. The groups included women who took no pills; those who took pills high in both estrogen and ...

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